Market power, misconceptions, and modern agricultural markets

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-219

  Sexton, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California's Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; COMMODITY MARKET; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); RETAILING;

EID: 84871339555     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aas102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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